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Hi,

I’ve got a bbPress forum and would like to add Private Messaging. Looking around the web, it would appear my best bet is to install BuddyPress and disable all functionality except for the Private Messages.

I’ve done that, and although it works, I have an issue with this set-up:

‘Almost’ duplicate profile pages.
bbPress creates /forums/user/usernamehere to display user information, like Topics/Replies they have created.
BuddyPress creates /members/usernamehere to display a user profile – to display their recent activity and send/receive PM’s.

I only want ONE profile (preferably the forum style one) but I’d like the Private Message functionality added to it.

Is there a way to disable all /members/ style pagee?
And is there a short-code or something that I can add to a template for bbPress to use in order to add the Private Messages functionality to a bbPress user profile?

Hey guys, me again!

I’m using a plugin called BuddyPress xProfiles ACL (which is great) to allow certain user roles to edit information in users profile fields (I don’t want the individual users to have access to make these changes).

This works great, but it also allows these user roles to read through other users private messages, change avatars, settings etc.

I’d like to make it that my managers can log in (front end) and change their authorised profile fields for other users (NOTHING ELSE).

I don’t mind admin having access to all, but not anyone else.

Please can you tell me how to set this up?

Regards

Hi there,

I’ve known about BP for years, but never got around to using it for my sites.

I understand that with BP, users can create their own posts right?
When they create posts is it just like a normal WP post? ie. they will see the same screen as an admin does for creating a post.

Well I’m looking for a simpler way for them to post things.
And maybe ‘short posts’ BUT still have the ability to add tags.

Is there a plugin that makes it easier for them to ‘post’ things?
All they need is:
– heading
– body of the message
– tags

BUT these tags need to be searchable in the site,
(can you search multiple tags at once)

eg.
If a user posts
Heading: Computer
Body: Selling my pc, etc. etc.
Tags: computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse

and a user is able to search multiple tags – eg.
keyboard, mouse

I want this post to come up in the search

Is this possible and fairly easy to do with BP?

edit; i found some plugins that MAY do this: answer/questions

The Top 6 Question and Answer WordPress Plugins

However, if I used these plugins, how easy do they integrate with buddypress?
Can I customize to show these pages, and for users to have a default link to ‘create a question’ ?

I mean, if they have ‘create post’ like a normal wordpress blog, then buying/using a question/answer plugin is kinda useless as most wont be able to find the link to it – and will automatically create a post instead.
Also, how would i know if it looks good or this plugin will integrate with BP?

For example, would it show up as a sidebar saying recent questions like recent posts etc?

Otherwise if it doesn’t integrate with BP then there’s no point using BP if it has a question and answer section that acts normally as wordpress anyway.

If so, what are teh benefits of using BP AND a question/answer plugin?
one eg i think of is, users can private message eachotehr when someone posts a question

Thanks

Hello i want to make QnA Forum which only admin and writer can see

so the others can’t see this topic

just they can see topic list in forum 🙁

plz help me! thx